Just back from Israeli prison challenging the illegal Israeli blockade with the Women's Boat to Gaza; and at Standing Rock, against the Dakota Access Pipeline

December 6, 2016at A.J. MUSTE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE in New York City

The [Women's Boat to Gaza] has brought international attention to the steadfastness and resistance of Palestinian women in Gaza, the West Bank, inside the Green Line and in the diaspora.

[Water Protectors Movement at Standing Rock] In honor of our future generations, we fight this pipeline to protect our water, our sacred places, and all living beings.

Ann Wright served 29 years in the US Army and retired as a Colonel. A US diplomat for 16 years, she served in US Embassies in Nicaragua, Grenada, Somalia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Sierra Leone, Micronesia, Afghanistan and Mongolia. She resigned from government work in March 2003 in opposition to the war on Iraq. Since then, she has traveled to Gaza 7 times, organized and been a passenger on Gaza Freedom Flotillas.